As we reflect on the the tragedy that was 9/11, and as we as LGBT Catholics face the fierce resistance by Catholic bishops to marriage equality, let us recall eleven years later, that the first victim carried out of the…
Tag Archive for New York
Poll: Gen gap over N.Y. gay marriage Americans are sharply divided over New York’s recent legalization of gay marriage, according to a new poll on Friday that revealed a huge generation gap in how same sex nuptials are viewed. Among…
Wedding Bells, NY: Families Join the Celebration.
I do not want to add too much to the flood of stories and great pics celebrating the start of marriage equality in New York: these are all over the net, and you can easily find them yourself. I do…
NY Bishops’ Sane, Pastoral Response to Gay Marriage: Get Hitched, and Bless These Unions.
No, these are not the Catholic bishops, but some of the Episcopal bishops of New York, notably Lawrence Provenzano of Long Island (which includes Brooklyn and Queens), Gladstone B. Adams of Central New York, R. William Franklin of Western New York and Mark…
The Catholic Role in NY Gay Marriage
During the build-up to last week’s vote, a headline in the Christian Science Monitor posed the question: Could Catholics play a decisive role? Now that the vote is over and the dust settled, the answer is clear: Catholics did indeed…
David Frum: “I was wrong about same-sex marriage”
One of the characteristics of the conservative arguments against same-sex marriage has been how little basis they have in any kind of evidence. In one court case after another, arguments based on protecting the family have been shown to have…
New York Sixth State to Approve Gay Marriage in Win for Cuomo (Defeat for Archbishop Dolan)
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s bill to give gay couples the right to wed was approved by New York lawmakers, making the U.S. state the sixth and most-populous to legalize same-sex marriage. Spectators in the Senate gallery erupted in…
In NY, Another Conservative Case for Gay Marriage.
With near unanimous support from Democrats, two Republican senators who have already declared support, and some more who are said to be in favour but are not yet ready to declare, New York could within days finally approve marriage equality.…
NY Clergy Show Support for Marriage Equality
As Catholic Archbishop Dolan mounts a desperate, last-ditch stand to prevent the New York Senate from approving gay marriage, some other clergy are standing up for equality, justice and inclusion. Will somebody please remind Archbishop that these are deeply Catholic…
Gay Marriage: 3 Straws in the Wind
Here are links to three separate stories on progress to gay marriage in the US that are each significant in their own way, but that I would not normally write about here. Reports appearing today are that: Gay marriage looks…
